This year, my family and I held a Faux Easter. My Uncle and Aunt were off walking on that big wall in China, so we delayed the Easter celebrations until they were back. We're not religious in anyway, but it's basically an excuse to get together and eat and drink far too much. Of course this weekend coincided with Will and Kate's big day, which was, well, neither here nor there to be honest, but it was all good fun.
Anyway, my mission this Easter was to make a shooter's sandwich. This is basically a loaf of bread stuffed with steak, mushrooms, more steak and breadcrumbs. Here is my attempt at recording the production.
So there you have it. My first attempt at a shooter's sandwich, and not a bad one, if I may say so myself.
A long time ago, 9th November 2007 to be exact, I wrote a short blog post about some Gemini qualities that my flatmate at that time shared with me (we're both Gemini). She found the information on a site called Psychic and Medium Networks - at least I think that's what it's called. It's not exactly clear. Anyway, it was a short blog post consisting of two lines from me, and then about 10 sentences I copy pasted from the site, giving due credit to the site and including, of course, a link.
Today, 30th April 2011, I received this message on Facebook from Donna Green who works for QKE Legal (all repetition and mistakes are from the original message);
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FROM: Q.K.E. Ltd Legal Department (psychics.co.uk)
Your website is in infringement of copyright.
DATED: 30th April 2011
This page: http://www.laramulady.dk/blog/?currentPage=42
And been copied from the following website:
http://www.psychics.co.uk/starsign/star-sign-gemini-negative.html
If you remove the offending page within seven days of this email/letter then no action will be taken. Failure to comply may result in a claim for unlawful use of copyrighted material.
I have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner (Craig Hamilton-Parker), its agent, or the law. The above site is using material taken from my website/books without our permission. I have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner (Craig Hamilton-Parker), its agent, or the law.
I hereby state under penalty of perjury that this information is accurate, and that I am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the infringed materials. (Craig Hamilton-Parker as copyright owner.)
Please remove all of this material and any other plagiarised material immediately.
Donna Marsden
Legal Department
Q.K.E. Limited
Unit 23 Mitre Copse, Eastleigh, Southampton. UK
Yours Sincerely
Donna Marsde
Agent acting on the behalf of Craig Hamilton-Parker
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Now I don't know about you, but to me this just seems a bit over the top. Maybe it's just me. Anyway, I took it down. It was pretty funny. Basically it was the negative sides to a Gemini (which I am), words used (you can fill in the gaps) were;
- Deceit
- Flattery
- Selfish
- Gossip
- Schizophrenic
- Obsessive
Actually, it's a little funny now that I think about it. Anyway. There you go. A post about a post that was taken down for a rather 'negative Gemini trait reason'.
Can't stop looking at the line-up this year. Just a few of the names I'm not missing are;
- U2
- Pendulum
- B.B. King
- Laura Marling
- Primal Scream
- The Chemical Brothers
- Queens of the Stone Age
- Mumford & Sons
- Fleet Foxes
- Big Boi
- Kool & The Gang
- Janelle Monáe
- Aloe Blacc
- The Go! Team
- DJ Shadow
- The Streets
- Example
Deep breath...
- Robyn
- I Am Kloot
- Warpaint
- Anna Calvi
- Crystal Castles
- James Blake
- Imelda May
- Fatboy Slim
- Claude VonStroke
- Beardyman
- Annie Mac
- John Digweed
- Subfocus & ID
- Erol Alkan
- James Holden
- Skream and Benga
- Kitty, Daisy & Lewis
- Lee Scratch Perry
- Wiley
Check out the rest...
